Indian Ocean Panel of GOOS/CLIVAR (IOP) Seventh Annual Meeting (IOP-VII)

Date : July 12 - 14, 2010
Venue : Citigate Perth Hotel, 707 Wellington Street, Perth,Western Australia.

• Host.
• Notification.
• Background.
• Participants.
• Conference Agenda and Timetable.
• Venue of the meeting.
• Catering
• Accommodation.
• Contacts.

• Host

  Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), UNESCO Perth, Western Australia

• Notification

  Click here to view Notification

• BackGround

  The Indian Ocean Panel of GOOS/CLIVAR (IOP) is a pilot project of IOGOOS. It will hold its seventh meeting in Perth during 12-16 July 2010. The IOP receives underpinning sponsorship through the UNESCO IOC Perth Office and through CLIVAR of the WCRP. CLIVAR is the Climate and Variability project ,(www.clivar.org) under the World Climate and Research Program(WCRP: http://wcrp.wmo.int/wcrp-index.html).

  The IOP is improving the characterisation of the Indian Ocean's relatively poorly understood oceanographic and coupled climatic processes, and how those processes influence island and continental rim countries (including Australia, and with relevance to Western Australia). The spectrum of oceanic phenomena and related topics within the IOP's science framework includes the improved description, understanding and ability to predict (ie model):

  
  • Seasonal monsoon variability;
  • Indian Ocean Dipole (ENSO-like phenomenon in the Indian Ocean);
  • Madden Julian Oscillation;
  • Intraseasonal (30-90 day period) oscillations and far field impacts (ENSO, hurricane formation, west coast US rainfall);
  • Decadal variability;
  • Warming trends since the 1970s;
  • Ocean circulation (Indonesian Throughflow, shallow and deep overturning circulation);
  • Marine ecosystems and biogeochemistry (note the link with SIBER, below).
  

  IOP is coordinating and using the data from a wide variety of GOOS infrastructure (eg deep ocean moorings, ARGO floats, free drifting buoys, satellite-based ocean data, Ships of Opportunity data, etc).

  Computer based models that are used to study and predict the oceanography of the Indian Ocean are continually being developed, improved and applied as a result of the observational and analytical outputs of the IOP.

  The Perth Office provides strategic and operational input to IOP and integrating links with the beneficiaries of the IOP's work in the IOGOOS/SEAGOOS and WAGOOS/Australian regions. Dr Gary Meyers (formerly of CSIRO Australia and the immediate past Director of IMOS) was the founding Chair of IOP and is currently the Convenor of the IndOOS Resources Forum (below) that has been established as a complement to the IOP.

  IOP membership in terms of scientists and host institutions comprises:

  S.No Scientists Host Institutions 1 Weidong Yu (co-chair) First Institute of Oceanography, Qingdao CHINA 2 Yukio Masumoto (co-chair) FORSGC, JAMSTEC, Tokyo, JAPAN 3 Ming Feng CSIRO Floreat Western AUSTRALIA 4 Raleigh Hood Horn Point Lab. Uni. Maryland USA 5 Tony Lee NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena USA 6 Charles Magori Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya 7 Jay McCreary (AAMP) University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA 8 Michael McPhaden NOAA, PMEL, Seattle, USA 9 Gary Meyers CSIRO, Hobart, AUSTRALIA 10 VSN Murthy National Institute of Oceanography, Goa INDIA 11 W. de Ruijter University of Utrecht, NL 12 Debasis Sengupta Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore INDIA 13 Fadli Syamsudin BPPT, Jakarta INDONESIA 14 Gabriel Vecchi NOAA-GFDL, Princeton USA 15 Jerome Vialard LOCEAN, Paris FRANCE 16 Lisan Yu Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

  

  The IOP continues to develop the Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS) with the deep mooring network component of IndOOS (termed the 'RAMA' array) now approximately 50% implemented (25 out of a 46 planned deep ocean monitoring moorings). This has taken place in the short space of time since IndOOS was specified through the IOP's 2006 Implementation Plan.

  The IOP's work has furthered the characterisation and predictability of oceanographic processes and associated coupled atmospheric/weather process over the Indian Ocean, many of which transmit and have a profound influence on the oceanography and climate (eg storms, cyclones, general wind patterns, rainfall, humidity, temperatures) of island and continental rim nations in the IOGOOS/SEAGOOS and Australian regions, including for example, south and northeast Asia, China and Japan. This is also highly relevant to Western Australian / Australian coastal and agricultural communities.

  It is notable that the Indian Ocean Dipole and Madden Julian Oscillation mechanisms manifest in the northern Indian Ocean under strong coupling to the ocean properties that the IOP are uncovering, characterising and modelling. These processes have strong influences on tropical cyclone activity and rainfall across Australia. The Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO), for example, has been found to influence rainfall as far across the country as over southeast Australia. The MJO has also been found to influence the ecology of the tropical Indo-Pacific, such as ocean chlorophyll levels.

  The IOP's work also has strong contextual relevance to marine industry, in respect to providing underpinning scientific understanding and long term monitoring of ocean processes (relevant, for example, to surface and sub-sea marine engineering design, maritime transport etc) and coupled atmospheric phenomena.

  The IOP-6 report will be made available on the web, as are all outputs (papers, reports, model outputs etc) the IOP's work.

  IOP generic information and outputs are available at the IOP webpage: http://www.clivar.org/organization/indian/indian.php and associated IndOOS data via http://www.clivar.org/organization/indian/IndOOS/obs.php

• Participants

• a) Members and Associate Members of IOGOOS
• b) Potential Members and Associate Members
• c) Experts serving the IOGOOS Working Groups/Panels/Committees
• d) Invited Speakers
• e) Representatives of potential International Funding Organisations.

Click here to view Tentative list of participants.

• Agenda and Timetable(provisional)

Click here to view Agenda and Timetable

• Venue of the Meeting

The meeting will take place in the following



• Address:

Citigate Perth Hotel
Events Department
707 Wellington Street
Perth,WA 6000
Western Australia
Fax: 08 9321 1450
Email:banquets@cp.mirvac.com.au
Website:www.mirvachotels.com



• Catering

  Morning teas, lunches, afternoon teas will be supplied during the meetings.

• Accommodation

Please note that the UNESCO IOC Perth Office will not be administering travel or accommodation bookings for delegates for this meeting. This will be the responsibility of individual delegates. Secretariats of IOGOOS, IOP, SIBER and IRF are responsible for financial management for their respective groups.

The Citigate Perth Hotel is located at 707 Wellington Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6000 http://www.mirvachotels.com/citigate-perth.Citigate Perth Hotel has a 4-STAR rating, and is offering delegates a discounted rate for accommodation (relative to usual 4-STAR rates in Perth) ('Superior Room - $155 AUD per night, accommodation only). This rate is offered for any nights between 7 and 18 July, inclusive. Citigate Perth Hotel is located in the Perth city centre. It is a 15 minute walk from the UNESCO IOC Perth office.

Discount hotel bookings for Citigate Perth Hotel can be made directly by using the accommodation booking form.

Click here to Download Booking Request Form

Rooms are subject to availability.Bookings need to be made as soon as possible.

There are also many other hotels at which delegates may wish to stay in Perth. They can be sourced through the official Western Australian tourism website www.westernaustralia.com or other common accommodation web sites.

A starting set of alternative hotel options to assist delegates in searching for accommodation is given here

Click here to See Hotels List.

These hotels are: (i) reasonable quality whilst being cost-effective for Perth; and (ii) within walking distance or a short taxi/bus ride to the meeting venue (ie Citigate Perth Hotel).
Please note that the AARONS Hotel has also advised that it will offer delegates discounted rates.

• i. Contact the hotel directly and quote the group code: 'IOG00S'.
• ii. Phone: +61 (0)8 9325 2133 or via email:res@aaronsperth.com.au
• iii. By quoting the code IOG00S, delegates are guaranteed to receive rates: Single/Twin/Double $ 108.00 AUD per night (room only) Triple Room $ 125.00 AUD per night (room only)
• iv. Note - All rooms are subject to availability. Book as soon as possible.

Contacts

• Dr. T. Srinivasa Kumar

Secretary, IOGOOS and Head, ASG

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)

"Ocean Valley", P.B No.21,IDA Jeedimetla P.O,

Hyderabad 500055, India

Phone: +91 40 2389 5006, Fax : +91 40 2389 5001

Email: srinivas@incois.gov.in

• Mr. M. Nagaraja Kumar

Co-secretary, IOGOOS and Scientist-C, ASG

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)

"Ocean Valley", P.B No.21,IDA Jeedimetla P.O,

Hyderabad 500055, India

Phone: +91 40 2388 6031/ 2389 5013 , Fax : +91 40 2389 5014

Email: raja@incois.gov.in